A LOUIS XVI THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM with gourd-shaped finial upon a bed of acanthus, the acanthus-scrolled arms each with dished drip-pan bordered with ribbon-tied laurel, and acanthus-cast nozzle, with bulbous fluted shaft filled with chandelles, on domed acanthus-cast base and block feet hung with laurel swags and mounted with paterae, the mozzles drilled for electricity | Christie's

Lot 97

A LOUIS XVI THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM with gourd-shaped finial upon a bed of acanthus, the acanthus-scrolled arms each with dished drip-pan bordered with ribbon-tied laurel, and acanthus-cast nozzle, with bulbous fluted shaft filled with chandelles, on domed acanthus-cast base and block feet hung with laurel swags and mounted with paterae, the mozzles drilled for electricity

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A LOUIS XVI THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM with gourd-shaped finial upon a bed of acanthus, the acanthus-scrolled arms each with dished drip-pan bordered with ribbon-tied laurel, and acanthus-cast nozzle, with bulbous fluted shaft filled with chandelles, on domed acanthus-cast base and block feet hung with laurel swags and mounted with paterae, the mozzles drilled for electricity
9½in. (24cm.) high

Lot Essay

This candelabrum with its bulbous shaft and tightly-scrolled arms is similar to a pair in the Wallace Collection, London (F. Watson, Furniture, London, 1956, F126 and F127, pl. 19)

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